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^^^Ae/t  j?ou  loere  a  tadpole 
and  I  iDos  ajishr 


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CojrpHght 


EN  j^ou  xOere  a  tadpole 
and  I  idas  dfish^ 
In  the  Valeozoic  time 
And  side  hy  side  on  the 
ehhinP  tide 
H/e  spraipled  tkrouSi 
the  ooze  and  sUme, 
r  skittered  rOitk  manjl 

a  caudal  flip 
Throu^hthe  depths  of 
ike  Cumhrian  fen^ 


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'mDlESSiVe  lived  and 

mindkjy  rPe  hVed, 

And  mindless  at  last 

lOe  died'. 

-r^AAnd  deep  in  a,  rih 

the  Caradoc  drift 
5-/      ^e  slumbered  side 
^         bfside. 

The  rOorld  turned  on  in 
die  lathe  of  time^ 
T7i^  hot  lands  heaVed 
amain^ 
rOe  caught  our  breath 
from  me  rOomh  of  death 
J(nd  crept  into  li^ht 
a^ain. 


rOere  Amphibians,  scaled 

and  tailed^ 
JKjtd  drab  as  a.  dead 

mans  hand--, 
'e  coiled  at  ease  heatk 
the  dripping  trees 
I     Or  trailed  through 

the  mud  and  sandj 
Croaking  and  blind,  rOith 
\         our  three-cLvfOed  feet, 
vJritin^  a  lan^ua^e 
dumb, 
With  neVer  a  spark  in 
the  emptp  dark 
To  hint  otalifetD come. 


gT  hapj!n;  vOe  lived,  and 
hayvij  xOe  loved, 
JKnd  nap0  rVe  died 
^         once  more-, 
Ourlvrms  were  nulled  in 
the  din^in^  mould 
Of  a  ^eocomian  fhoe. 
iriie  aeons  came  and  the 
aeons  fled. 
And  ike  sleep  that 

^^oifj    Was  riven  arVaf  in.  a. 
vW^mT.-j        nexoer  dap, 

^m^^   decdiiO^past. 


]i^  8f  srOijt  through 

^^ ^^^       tiie  jungle  trees 

%>i&i^ ^e srOun^ in  cur airf 

^^}^:'|pV  breathed  in  the  halm 
wyMr%    o/thefrmiedmlmr 
I   [ly^j^I*^  ^  ^^  of  the 
iM0l^       mconUxf  nights. 
Y^^And  oh!  TOhat  heauUful 
^^^  \j7£m:r  xoere  ikese, 

when  our  hearts  dung 
,,  each  to  each., 

^..         i^hen  hfe  rOas filed  and 
,!3f        .i  >,,^  1      our  senses  thrilled 
^ '  In  the Jirst  faint  darOn 


^HUS  life  hp  lije  and  hOe 
%        bp  love 

u)^  passed  tkrou^k  ^ 
circle  strange, 
lAnl  hreath  bp  breathy  and 

death  trp  death, 
^X    ^efoUovOed  the  chain 
^        of  change. 

\ll  mere  came  a  time  in 
^larOoflife 
when  cfVer  the  nursing 
\        sod 

The  shadcrar  broke^  and 
the  soul  arOoke 
In  a  stran^e^  dim,  dream 
of  Gjod. 


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M}AS  therOed  like  an 
'  jKurock  bull, 

JKnd-  tusked  like  the 
^eat  CaVe  Bear; 
JKnafou,  mp  jWeet, /fvm 
head  to  feet,  J 
were  ^ovPned  in  four 
, ,  I        glorious  hair. 
mDeep'  in  the  ^loom  of  a 
'  '         fiYelefs  caOe,    '  r 
^hen  the  night  jell 
oev  the  vlain 
%JKnd  the  moon  hundred 
oer  the  rvOer  bed., 
vOe  mumhled  the 
hones  of  the  slain. 


VlAKEDafUnttocL 
cutting  ed^e 
.And  shaved  it  rCitk 
brutish  craft; 
I  broke  a  shank  jram 
the  rOoodhind  dank 
And  fitted  it,  head  and 
haft. 
Then  I  hid  me  close  to 
the  reedf  tam^ 
vOhere  the  ^Mammoth 
came  to  drink-. 
Through  hrarOn  Sf  bone 
I  draVe  the  stone^ 
Aind  slevO  him  upon 
the  brinks. 


OUD  I  hojvled  through 
the  moonlit  Wastes, 
^  I     Jj      Ijoud  ansrOered  our 
;;:,  kith  and  kin; 

I  Fr&m  rOeft  and  east  to 

I  the  crimson  feast, 

I  ;    The  clan  came  troop- 

llllfll         in^in. 

I      -O'er  joint  and  gristle  and 

padded  hoof, 
^e  fought,  and  clarOed 
-    ■:.,  anatore^ 

^mZAnd  cheek  hp  javol  rCHth 
manj)  a  ^rorvl^ 
\Q^  talked  the  marVel 
oW. 


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CARX?ED  thutf^kton 
a  reindeer  hone, 
with  rude  Si  hairi} 
hand',      r 
I  pictured  hifjall  on  the 
caOem  tOall 
That  men  mi^kt  under- 
Jtznd. 
For  rOe  lived  bphlood,  and 
ike  ri^ht  ofmi^ht. 
Ere  human  lavOs  rOere 
drarOn, 
.And  the  Age  of  Sin  did 
not  begin 
Till  our  brutal  tusks 
rOere  gone. 


vJND  that  xOas  a  million 
i)ears  ago. 
In  a  time  mat  no  man 
__  ^           knmOs; 
l^^r^^  A^r^  to-night^  in  the 
mellotO  light 
yJesit  at  Dehfwmcos; 
\furefefaredeepasihe 
UeVan  springs, 
Kour  hair  if  as  darh 
as  jet. 
'\ourfearr  ayefevO.Vour 
Lije  if  nerO^ 
your  soul  untried^ 
andjpet 


UR  trail  is  on  the  Kimr 

merid^e  clap, 
And  ike  scarp  oj  me 
,„,,,r  -  V         Vurheck  fia^s, 

/#ui>  1         in  t/i^  Ba^shotstvmr 
\^&/}f     Ani  deep  in  the  Caroline 

A^i  Our  loVe  is  old,  ourlife 
WJ    .        is  old,  ^ 

jKnd  death  shall  come 
amain; 
3,  k)  i\Shoidd  it  come  toidc^y 
lJv'w\v.M        Whatman  map  sap 
We  shall  not  liVe 
a^ain/? 


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OD  ^ouSit  mr souls  ffcmi 
==>     theuemadoc  heJs 
^And  hirnished  ikem 
rOin^S  toflp; 
He  soxDdl  ourspavOn  in 
die  jOorlds  dim  daiOn 
J^nl  I  knorO  that  it 
shall  not  die, 
Though  cities  haOe  sprung 
''^      aboVe  ike  ^vaVes 
^here  the  croak-honed 
men  made  xDar, 
^And  die  ox-vOain  creaks 
'''        oer  the  buried  caVes 
where  the  mummied 
mammoths  are. 


^HEN  as  vOe  linger  at 
'0lii        luncheon  here, 

\<J  er  manjj  a  daintp 
disk,  ^ 

et  us  drink  anevO  to  ihe 

time  jOhenfou 
"^Oere  a  Tadpole  and 
I  yOas  a  Yish. 


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JAN    3   1944 


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